09 September 2022
The first Long March-2C rocket was launched 40 years ago, sending a retrievable satellite into orbit. The model has since become a backbone launch vehicle for the country's interplanetary expeditions. Also, the CZ-2C is the first Chinese carrier rocket type to undertake international launch services. In the 1980s, the rockets sent a French company's microgravity test device and a Swedish science test satellite into space.
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